Messy (Hardback) By Tim Harford & Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman 2 Books Collection Set

This two-book collection brings together Messy by Tim Harford and Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Each title explores how people organise information and make decisions, offering a perspective on the habits and assumptions that shape everyday life.

Messy considers why the desire for tidiness runs deep, and how order can be helpful only up to a point. Thinking Fast and Slow examines the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking and slow, rational thinking, and looks at how error and prejudice can influence judgement even when we believe we are being logical.

Included titles

• Messy (Hardback)
• Thinking Fast and Slow

Key details

• Two-book collection set
• Includes Messy in hardback format
• Messy by Tim Harford
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Synopses

Messy (Hardback)

The book explores how many people feel uneasy around anything vague, unplanned or difficult to describe, and why systems, scripts and categorisation can feel reassuring. It also notes that tidy organisation can be beneficial, citing examples such as library reference systems, shipping containers for global trade, and measurement units for scientific collaboration, while arguing that the drive for tidiness can go too far.

Thinking Fast and Slow

Using questions about everyday judgement, the book explains that decisions are shaped by two modes of thought: fast and intuitive, and slow and rational. It describes how the mind can be led into error and prejudice even when we think we are reasoning logically, and presents practical techniques intended to support slower, smarter thinking and better decision-making at work and at home.